During a 1982 university disco competition in Mysore, India, a young man from a high-caste family and a young woman from a small island in Africa embark on an unlikely romantic adventure.

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Director Abijeet Achar relays the true story of how his parents met in this delightful, dance-filled romance that also tells a moving immigrant story.

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MYSORE MAGIC 🪄
Directed by Abijeet Achar
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"I have a fascination for the origin of the stories that grow into the shorts we feature, and Mysore Magic has a cute backstory—it is based on how Achar’s Mauritian mother and Indian father met! The director shared with us that “The personal ties are certainly visceral - but over the course of development I’ve come to find even deeper connections than I originally knew”. The American-based director also added, “While immigrant idealism is the foundation of my parents' story, it’s also my own as an immigrant myself”. Cowritten with producer and EP Alex Woodruff, the film has the necessary sweet, romantic layer of two people experiencing the spark of life-altering connection, but the film is not pure spun sugar—it does not shy away from addressing the racial and class differences that were unusual for a couple at the time. Achar confesses that one of his main goals was to get “our audience to feel the humanity and hope of the people behind the term 'immigrant' long before their eventual westward journey”... - S/W Curator, Céline Roustan

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CAST + CREW CREDITS
Aishwarya Sonar: Premi
Siddharth Kusuma: Vasu
Saman Hasan: Shoba
Rishik Patel: Gautam
Tanvi Kaur Gujral: Sonam

Writer/Director: Abijeet Achar
Writer/EP : Alex Woodruff
Producer: Tim Reis
Choreographer/Co-Producer: Anusha Hussaini
1st AD: Clare Stuber
2nd AD: Brittany Groy
Dir. of Photography: Alex Allgood
Steadi Op: Josh Weilbrenner
1st AC: Vishvesh Bakshi
1st AC: Jason Carroll
2nd AC: Chelsea Alan
Loader: Daniel Summerour
VFX Supervisor: Connor Christensen
Gaffer: Jackson Vance
Key Grip: Landon Malvich
Best Boy Electric: Ronen Schecter
Best Boy Electric: Matt Kleinmann
Best Boy Grip: Tyriq Amerson
Script Supervisor: Cindy Marsh
EPK Shooter: Mark Maloney
EPK Asst / Medic: Megan Maloney
BTS Photographer: Emma West
Digital Strategist: Grace Ferzely
Production Designer: Hannah Meachin
Set Dresser: Savannah Elder
Propmaster: Kelsey Wittman
Art Assist: Sanjana Bhat
HMUA Key: Samantha Gunn
HMUA Assist: Amanda Stewart
Wardrobe: Bindhu Chilukuri
Sound Mixer: Chris Manza
Boom Op: Diego Saldana-Rojas
Sound Utility: Farrell Baker
PA: Nia Bentham
PA: Hans Qu
PA: Deja Kehinde

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